Optimization of ivacaftor-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles for solubility enhancement by Akshay Parihar, Akshay Parihar, Bhupendra G. Prajapati, Bhupendra G. Prajapati, Bhupendra G. Prajapati, Himanshu Paliwal

“…The in vitro dissolution study showed improved release pattern from the optimized formulation and release profile followed first-order model indicating a sustained release pattern from lipid matrix.ConclusionThis delivery system presented development of stable nanoparticle formulation exhibiting sustained release pattern, which may contribute to therapeutic outcomes in comparison with drug alone. …”
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Evaluation of planting arrangment and methods on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) seeds by H. Khazaei

“…The highest and lowest fruit and seed yield were obtained in Rokh (two row per ridge and 120×30 cm planting pattern) and Toroq (one row per ridge and 140×50 cm planting pattern) regions, respectively with 2.7 and 3.1 times difference. …”
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Design of a Low Threshold Single-Mode In-P Laser Using Regrowth-Free Fabrication by A. Sharma, P. Landais, M. Srivastava, M. Wallace, F. Smyth, A. Kaszubowska-Anandarajah, P. Anandarajah

“…We describe the design procedure, optimization, and fabrication cycle of an index-pattern FP laser on an InP platform. The design parameters of the ridge and reflector (based on slots) are extracted through simulations. …”
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Risk of Incidence and Lethality by Etiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hospitalized Children Under 1 Year of Age in Brazil in 2024: A Cross-Sectional Study by Tamires de Nazaré Soares, Natasha Cristina Oliveira Andrade, Suziane do Socorro dos Santos, Marcela Raíssa Asevedo Dergan, Karina Faine Freitas Takeda, Jully Greyce Freitas de Paula Ramalho, Luany Rafaele da Conceição Cruz, Perla Katheleen Valente Corrêa, Marli de Oliveira Almeida, Joyce dos Santos Freitas, Wilker Alves Silva, Marcos Jessé Abrahão Silva, Daniele Melo Sardinha, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima

“…Distribution by final classification and epidemiological week (EW) was analyzed; the incidence rate by Federative Unit (FU) (cases/100,000 < 1 year) with risk classification (Low/Moderate/High) was assessed; and, for cases with positive viral RT-PCR, the etiological frequency and virus-specific lethality rate (deaths/total cases of etiology ×100), also with risk classification, were extracted. …”
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Heating Experiments on Benthic Foraminifera Ammonia sp. to Assess the Suitability of Amino Acid-Based Dating by Rahmadi Hidayat, Didit Hadi Barianto, Sugeng Sapto Surjono, Che Aziz Ali

“…The results exhibit a predictable pattern, demonstrating a consistently increasing extent of racemization after oven heating for up to 168 h without any indication of reversal pattern. …”
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Análisis técnico-económico para selección de aspersores Technical and economical analysis for sprinkler selection by Eduardo A. Holzapfel, Ximena M. Pardo, Vital P. da S. Paz, Antonieta Rodrigues, Ximena C. Orrego, Marco A. Lopez

“…To accomplish this an analysis was performed of different factors such as rate of water application, available time for irrigation, wind velocity, distribution pattern and pressure. …”
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Cytomegalovirus Infection Screening in Pregnant Women from Northwest Romania: Results of a 15-Year Follow-Up Program by Monica Muntean, Violeta Tincuța Briciu, Angela Monica Ionică, Melinda Horvat, Mihaela Lupse, Amanda Radulescu

“…Only 144 out of 2342 (6.14%) women at risk presented twice during the same pregnancy, of which 12 women (0.51%) displayed a pattern of primary infection. Our population from Northwest Romania shows a high rate of immunization against CMV infection and a low risk of primary infection. …”
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Varied Presentations and Clinical Outcomes of Proliferative Glomerulonephritis with Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposit: An Indian Series of Five Patients by Uttayan Chakrabarti, Manish Chaturvedy, Arghya Majumdar, Nitin Kumar Bajpai, Aasma Nalwa, Tapabrata Das, Arpit Agarwal, Rajesh Jhorawat

“…The patient with membranous pattern had an indolent course with just anti-proteinuric measures. …”
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Experimental Investigations of the Process of Carbonate Fracture Dissolution Enlargement under Reservoir Temperature and Pressure Conditions by Jingxia Wang, Qingchun Yu

“…The laboratory dissolution rate of S1, S2, S3, and S4 were 2.50 × 10−6, 3.11 × 10−6, 2.70 × 10−6, and 3.04 × 10−6 mol/m2/s. …”
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Stomata as the Main Pathway for the Penetration of Atmospheric Particulate Matter Pb into Wheat Leaves by Ke Zhang, Yujing Liang, Chuang Ma, Haopeng Guo, Fuyong Liu, Aihua Gao, Nan Liu, Hongzhong Zhang

“…Compared to the control group (CK), the treatment of T1 and T2 significantly increased Pb concentration in both leaves and grains, as well as the Pb accumulation rate in grains (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM-EDS) technology visually confirmed the distribution of particulate Pb in the stomatal region, demonstrating that solid-state Pb can penetrate the leaves through stomata. …”
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Mechanism Analysis and Establishment of a Prediction Model for the Total Pressure Loss in the Multi-Branch Pipeline System of the Pneumatic Seeder by Wei Qin, Cheng Qian, Yuwu Li, Daoqing Yan, Zhuorong Fan, Minghua Zhang, Ying Zang, Zaiman Wang

“…This study aims to clarify the nonlinear pressure loss patterns of the pneumatic system in a pneumatic seeder under varying pipeline structures and airflow parameters, and to develop a rapid prediction equation for the main pipe’s pressure loss. …”
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Effects of different exercise modalities on blood pressure and endothelial function in prehypertension individuals: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Yingtian Yang, Qianyu Lv, Xinzheng Hou, Yanfei Lv, Xirui Zhang, Qian Wu, Xuejiao Ye, Chenyan Yang, Mingyu Huang, Shihan Wang

“…The surface underneath the cumulative ranking curve data was utilized to rate interventions. Confidence was evaluated using the CINeMA framework.ResultsA total of 18 articles with 2,592 individuals were included in the NMA. …”
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Estimation and Forecasting of Nigeria&#x2019;s Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Electricity Demands by Prosper O. Ugbehe, Ogheneruona E. Diemuodeke, Daniel O. Aikhuele, Kenneth E. Okedu, Gauri Kalnoor

“…Suppressed electric energy demand arises from inadequate energy access accounting for unmet electricity needs such as electricity capacity utilization, access rate, outages, and transmission and distribution (T&#x0026;D) losses. …”
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Anemia in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis is Not Associated with an Increase of Arterial Stiffness and Intima-Media Thickness (Results of a Single-Center Cross-Sectional Stud... by K. N. Safarova, V. I. Makhina, K. D. Dorogoykina, A. P. Rebrov

“…We consider that potential protective effect of anemia, due to well-known pathophysiological patterns — a decrease in blood viscosity and the induction of nitric oxide synthesis, plays an important role. …”
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Antibiogram of Nontyphoidal Salmonella from Beef in Ambo and Holeta Towns, Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Endrias Zewdu Gebremedhin, Gezahegn Tafesse Soboka, Bizunesh Mideksa Borana, Lencho Megersa Marami, Edilu Jorga Sarba, Nega Desalegn Tadese, Hirut Abebe Ambecha

“…The Salmonella detection rate in abattoirs, butchers, and restaurants was 4.2% (5/118), 8.5% (10/118), and 4.2% (5/118), respectively. …”
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Scalable Clustering of Complex ECG Health Data: Big Data Clustering Analysis with UMAP and HDBSCAN by Vladislav Kaverinskiy, Illya Chaikovsky, Anton Mnevets, Tatiana Ryzhenko, Mykhailo Bocharov, Kyrylo Malakhov

“…Each dataset includes 153 ECG and heart rate variability (HRV) features, including both conventional and novel diagnostic parameters obtained using a Universal Scoring System. …”
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Fertility intention and its correlates with reproductive-aged married women in Ethiopia: an adapted theory of planned behavior (TPB) by Fitsum Tariku Fantaye, Solomon Abrha Damtew, Kelemua Menegesha Sene

“…The population continues to grow at a rate of 2.7 and fertility rates remain at 4.6. Fertility is one of the three key aspects in shaping population dynamics, as women’s fertility intention for children play a significant role in determining actual fertility rates. …”
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Evaluation of lung cancer early detection offered by the German Social Accident Insurance for formerly asbestos-exposed employees using low-dose computed tomography – setting and s... by Felix Greiner, Jan Heidrich, Helena Keller, Dirk Taeger, Thorsten Wiethege, Volker Harth

“…Primary endpoints are participation patterns, the rate of findings requiring further diagnostic investigation, the detection of lung cancer including tumour stage and characteristics, and the notification and recognition of asbestos-related occupational diseases. …”
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Clinical management and analysis of immune-related adverse events in neoadjuvant immunotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer by AN Yang, WANG Chentong, QIU Xiaoyuan, ZHOU Jiaolin, LIN Guole

“…Two gastrointestinal events occurred, including one Grade 3 diarrhea treated with GCs. The overall GC usage rate was 31.7% (13/41), with 76.9% administered for Grade ≥3 irAEs. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of male breast cancer and predictions in the next 30 years: a systematic analysis of the global burden of disease study 2021 by YaRong Wang, Liang Wang, Bei Yu, Shuang Wen, Xiaoxi Mou, Lin Yang

“…Disease burden was high and decreasing in low SDI regions, but low and stable in high SDI regions. The Age-standardized rate(ASR)-Deaths correlated negatively with SDI. …”
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